RAIN AND FLOODS

Floods

What is a flood?

A flood is when your land is getting covered with water.

How does a flood form?

Floods form when heavy rain falls too fast, if snow melts too fast, or when river dams break apart.

Where do floods happen?
Floods happen in low lying areas. Floods would not happen in high places because all the rain would fall from a high place like a mountain. Here is a flood that happened in Calgary.

IMPORTANT FLOOD FACTS

• You know that 2 feet of water can float a large car or even a BUS!
• Floods are the most common natural disaster in the whole world
• The word flood means flowing of water or river

Rain

How does rain form?

The sun heats the water on the ground such as puddles. The water evaporates in the air and becomes water vapour. Soon the water vapour condenses and forms a cloud. Eventually the water vapour will fall making it rain. If rain falls too fast then you could get a flood.

FUN RAIN FACTS

• Rain falls between 7 to 18 miles per hour
• Top 3 rainiest places in Canada are:
• 3- Corner Brook, Newfoundland
• 2- St.John's, Newfoundland
• 1- Prince Rupert, B.C.

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